Gypsum, Colorado
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Growing. Up 13.7% since 2020.
9,212
people, the 57th-largest of Colorado's cities and towns.
Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Colorado's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
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The workday
7 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.
74.3%
of 2,381 jobs located in Gypsum are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is up 69% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$2,183
a month. Colorado's median is $1,761.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.
A $1,635 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Eagle County.
- $1,393 Tract 7.03
- $3,028 Tract 7.01
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Room to build
The median rent is above what local wages can carry.
$1,228–$1,843
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $2,183 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
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Building
42% of the housing here was built before 2000.
- 184 homes permitted, 2022–2025
- 5% of those were in multifamily buildings
- 42% of all homes were built before 2000
Census Building Permits Survey, 2022–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 0.4–0.9% to the 2,822 homes here.
11–24
is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.
Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
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Home value
A median home costs 17% more than Colorado's.
$633,000
median home value in Gypsum.
- $633,000 Gypsum
- $539,400 Colorado
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year